Two killed, six injured after Tesla allegedly fleeing drunk-driving checkpoint crashes into bus

A Tesla allegedly fleeing a police drunk-driving checkpoint crashed into an express bus in Pyeongtaek, leaving two dead and six injured.

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Police officers check drivers at a daytime sobriety checkpoint on a road in Suwon.
In this file photo, police stop cars to check for drunk driving at a checkpoint in Suwon, Gyeonggi in June, 2019.

Two people were killed and six injured Friday night when a Tesla crashed into an express bus in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, as the driver allegedly fled a police drunk-driving checkpoint.

According to Pyeongtaek Police Station on Saturday, the crash happened at around 8:51 p.m. at an intersection in Hapjeong-dong, Pyeongtaek.

Police said an express bus was turning left toward the Anseong Interchange on the Gyeongbu Expressway when it was hit by the Tesla, which was traveling straight from the opposite direction.

The Tesla driver, a man in his 20s, and a female passenger in her 20s were killed.

Six people on the express bus, including the driver and passengers, were injured and taken to nearby hospitals.

Police said the driver had refused to stop at a drunk-driving checkpoint 2.7 kilometers (1.6 miles) from the crash site before fleeing.

Investigators believe the Tesla was speeding in a 50-kilometer-per-hour zone and are looking into the exact circumstances of the crash.

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    BY JEONG HYE-JEONG [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]

    This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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